Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the President of Russia. He previously served as President from 2000 to 2008, and as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. Netizens generally dislike Putin, although his poll ratings are consistently high. He is seen as a strong man, but questions about corruption and the return to dictatorship worry many.
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Netizens across Russia have congratulated Putin on reaching 60 years in their own ways, with the hashtag #HappyBirthdayMrPutin trending internationally all day.6 -
A group of real estate investors have been criticised for sending a kitten into space in a protest to Putin asking him to help them finish their building projects. -
To almost no-one's surprise, Austrian statisticians have confirmed that the 2012 Russian presidential elections had as much integrity as those held in Uganda -
After leading a flock of endangered cranes in a hang-glider, Vladimir Putin's most recent publicity stunt has one blogger calling him the "adrenaline president" -
Vladimir Putin will visit a high school in Moscow today to commemorate the Day of Knowledge, despite concerns about Russian education being raised in parliament.
